In its brief history, the Hip-Hop Theater Festival has expanded substantially from presenting two events in 80 and 150-seat theaters to 30 full-length productions and staged readings in multiple venues, and in various cities all around the country, including Washington, D.C., San Francisco and Chicago.
Since its inception, The Hip-Hop Theater Festival has grown into one of the most influential outlets showcasing Hip-Hop performing arts in the country and has become an important contributor to the cultural life of participating Festival cities. In addition to critical acclaim and positive response from enthusiastic audiences, HHTF was recently recognized with a special award from the New York Regional Association of Grantmakers as an outstanding grantee of the Nathan Cummings Foundation for "its innovative approach to addressing socio-political issues in New York City and beyond.”
The Studio Theater - Stage 4
Waxploitation-Lost in Transit
2007 - Washington DC
Kennedy Center- Millennium Stage
olive Dance Theatre
The Studio Theatre
Forteez, Bluntz, Chickenhedz N Uva Necessateez
By Bashi Rose & Mitchell Ferguson
Jerry Quickley's Live From the Front
The Actor's Rap!
Suide Kings' In Spite of Everything
Hueman Prophets' Read: White & Blue
The Other Side by Sol Y Soul
Dance Place
Jack Ya Body Dance Series
Curated by Mason/Rhynes Productions
Howard University : Environmental Theater Space
Goldi Patrick's HERSTORY: Love Forever, Hip-Hop
2007 – Chicago
The Public Theater - Anspacher
Jerry Quickley's Live From the Front
Ben Snyder's Rock, Paper, Scissors
Shorts
Kokai - Voices on Blast Competition Winner
Robocop 525 with Kenichi Ebina
Chastity Dotson's Little Book of Battles
Jennifer Candana Armas' Skinimin 12
Five 'Til by Edwin Lee Gibson
free? by Kristina Wong
Keith Josef Adkins' Hollis Mugley's Only Wish
Jack Ya Body
Frank Ejara's Som do Movimento
Rennie Harris Repertory Works
New York Theatre Workshop 4th St
Dominique Morrisseau's Retrospect for Life
Etymology of Bird by Zakiyaah Alexander
Anthony Roman's Vacant Sky
Actor's Wrap by J. Kyle Mazay
Ishle Yi Park's Angel and Hannah: A Love Story in Hip-Hop Sonnets
Alvin Ailey Extension
olive Dance Theatre's Brotherly Love
2006 - Washington DC
Kennedy Center - Family Theater & Millennium Stage
Frank Ejara's Som Do Movimento
Storm's Solo for Two
The Studio Theatre
Prison Poetry by Papi Kymone Freeman
In the Continuum
Sol Y Soul
olive Dance Theatre Excerpt of Brotherly Love
Shorts
HERstory: Love Forever, Hip-Hop by Goldi Patrick
The 70 Bus DreamCity Theatre Group
Holly Bass' Uppity Negroes on Parade
Hidden Pages
Sentenced by John Johnson
2006 - Chicago
2006 – San Francisco
Representa!
2005 – New York City 5th Anniversary
New York Theatre Workshop – Opening Night
Universes
Danny Hoch excerpt
Ben Snyder’s No Salute
Playback NYC
Reg E. Gaines - Savion Glover
olive Dance
Full Circle
Dance Theater Workshop
13 Mics
Benji Reid
Storm Solo For Two
Jerry Quickley’s Witness to War (Live From the Front)
Yuri Lane’s From Tel Aviv To Ramallah
Reminiscence of the Ghetto
(excerpt) Angela Kariotis
NE 2nd Ave
(excerpt) Teo Castellano
New York Theatre Workshop : 4th St Space - Critical Breaks
Breathe
Javon Johnson
Welcome to Arroyo’s
Written by Kristoffer Diaz
Playback NYC’s Hip Hop Commedia Project
Apollo Theater
Russell Projects Big Voices
Deep Azure
Chad Boseman
Kennedy Center - Millennium Stage
oLIVE by olive Dance Theatre
Full Circle Productions Soular Powered
Ira Aldridge Theater
Benji Reid
Word Becomes Flesh –
Marc Bamuthi Joseph
Thieves in the Temple
Aya De Leon
Folger Shakespeare Theater Main Stage
Melic Composed / Memory is a Body of Water
with Lisa Biggs & Tanish Brady Christy
Deep Azure
Chad Boseman
DC Most Valuable Players with Quique Aviles, Patrick Crowley,
Anupav Yadav and Ruth Young
New York Theatre Workshop : 4th St Space Rough Cuts
Playback Theater
Stakes is High
Pattydukes
Angela’s Mixtape
Eisa Davis
Melic Composed / Memory is a Body of Water
with Lisa Biggs & Tanisha Brady Christy
Rewind
Greg Beuthin
Giving Up The Gun
David Rodriguez
In The Heights
Tommy Keil
2003 – Washington DC
Kennedy Center
olive Dance Theatre's tOy bOx
Rubberband Dance
Hop Fu
Source Theater
Jonzi D Lyrical Fearta
Culture Bandit
Written & Performed by Vanessa Hidary
Deep Azure
Written by Chad Boseman
Rhapsodist
Isaac Colon
Playback NYC
Hip Hop Prophets
by Ross Kelly
Sol Y Soul
2003 – San Francisco
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts performances
Singular Sensations
Jonzi D Lyrical Fearta
Marc Bamuthi Joseph
Coconut Masquerade
Written & Performed by Melinda Corazon Foley
Black Folks Guide To Black Folks
Written & Performed by Hanifah Walidah
Culture Bandit
Written & Performed by Vanessa Hidary
Will Power’s FLOW
Rhyme Deferred
Hip Hop Theatre Junction
Hip Hop Theater Festival All-Stars
Featuring Danny Hoch, Will Power, Jonzi D and Sarah Jones
Keep Hedz Ringin’ Rickerby Hinds
Art Start’s Are You Feelin’ Me?
The Seven
Written by Will Power
Rennie Harris/Puremovement
Thieves in the Temple
Aya De Leon
Hip Hop Nightmares
Psalmayene 24
Playback NYC A Night of Hip Hop Theater & Improvisation
Manchild Dilemma
Indio Melendez
Kenya
Radha Blank
Heiroglyphic Graffiti
Hip Hop Theatre Junction / Chad Boseman
Evening of Shorts
Breakdown
– Claudia Alick
Joy In Repetition
– Felice Belle
Boogie Rican
– La Bruja
You Can Clap Now
– Ben Snyder
Essential Personnel, America the Beautiful –
Al Letson
Witness the Priestess –
Liza Jesse Peterson
Hairstory (a memory play) –
Tish Benson
Dance Montage
What We All Are
– Kazum & The Body Poets ft. Postmidnight (guest poet)
Raphael Xavier
Rockafella
AKim Funk Buddha Dha Fuzion
Nuyorican Poets Café Stage Readings
Blood Trinity
Suhier Hammad
kA’
by kA’RAMUU KUSH
Burning Trees
Derek Beres
Rough Draft of My Life
Tigerlily
Ride the Rhythm
Florante Galvez
PS 122
Upstairs
Benefit Performance
featuring Ursula Rucker, Will Power,
Danny Hoch, Universes and Sarah Jones
Imagine the Angels of Bread
Mammaz Boyz by Candido Tirado
Danny Hoch's Jails,Hospitals and Hip-Hop
Full Circle
Jonzi D’s Lyrical Fearta
Rhyme Deferred Hip Hop Theatre Junction
Downstairs
Triple Threat
The Holiday by Benji Reid
Aharon Sun of the Griots by Chad Boseman
Black & Blue by Nilija Sun
Toni Blackman & The Freestyle Union
Ben Snyder's In Case You Forget
Umkovu by Eisa Davis
The Revival
featuring Liza Jesse Peterson, Portia, Tish Benson and Imani Uzuri
The Tortuga Project
Keep Hedz Ringin' by Rickerby Hinds
PS 122
Surface Transit Written & Perfromed by Sarah Jones
Sistah Supreme
Starring Liza Colon Zayas
Danny Hoch's Jails, Hospitals and Hip-Hop
Festival Kickoff Hosted by Flaco Navaja
The Last Will and Testament of Willie Shakspearican
Sleeping Gods: Theater in the Spirit of Hip-Hop
La Santa Cruz Dance Company (presented by Latinflava.com)
Hip-Hop Theatre Junction's Rhyme Deferred
The Hip Hop Nightmares of Jujube Brown
starring Toni Blackman, Psalmayene 24 and DJ Munch
Universes' Slanguage
Will Power's The Gathering
A Hip-Hop Journey to the Meeting Places of Black Men
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Vol. 1 - Featuring Marc Bamuthi Joseph
Allow Us To Reintroduce Ourselves
Rock The Vote
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Hip-Hop Theater Festival
email: info@hhtf.org
phone: 718.497.4282
